It’s only a few days before Christmas.  The malls are slammed, parking lots overflowing.  We kept being surprised at the line ups at all the stores.  We didn’t remember dealing with this in years past.  That’s when it hit us – we haven’t been home for Christmas in

Enjoying the view from the peak where the cable car lets you off.Enjoying the view from the peak where the cable car lets you off. There’s a fairly big mountain that you can go up in a cable car – If it takes 7 mins and goes 10 miles an hour, how far up the mountain did we

Hiking in the Rose ValleyOur final activity that day (we really pack them in) was a guided hike through the Rose Valley offered by the hotel. Little did we know what we were getting into.…